$930 million Seattle transportation levy bound for victory; taxpayer-financed elections leading

Seattle voters were showing their legendary generosity Tuesday as the record $930 million “Move Seattle” transportation property tax levy took 56.53 percent of the vote and appeared on the way to passage. The nine-year measure, Proposition 1, replaces the $365 million, 2006 “Bridging the Gap” levy, at that time a record “ask” by City Hall.  “Gotta think big,” Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said as he arrived to unveil the new levy last March. The cit